Canning-machine.



U. L. BENTLEY. CANNING MACHINE.

G. L. BENTLEY. GANNNG MACHINE. APPLICATION HLBD MAB. 15, 1913.

Patented June 23, 1914 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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I 'GANNINGAJMACHINB APPLIOATION FILED MAR.15,`1913.` 1,191,245 Patented June 23, 19144 SSHEETS-SHEET 3.

UNITED sTATEs -PATENT orrror CLARENCE L. BENTLEY, OIF SAN PEDRG, CALIFORNIA.

. CANNINGMACHINE. i

Be it 1Known that I. CLARENCE L. BENT- Lnr, a citizen of the United States. residing at San Pedro, in the county of Los Angeles and .State of California, `have invented a new and useful Improvement in Canning Machines. of which the following is a specification.

This Iinvention relates to canning machines, andthe principal objectlis toprovide a-conveyer in which thematerial tobe canned is placed and automatically conve'ved to the-cans. l l

It. is also an object to provide a canning machine with an endless conveyer formed of a plurality of moving parts to convey the material `to a chute where the material is automatically separated before entering the cans.

It is a further object to provide a canning machine .vith a plurality of containers which automatically deposit .other ingredients into the cans before and after the ma- -terial carried in the trough.

y to support the terminal l't is a further object to provide means for delivering ans automatically and place them in-position under the delivery chute by the .same automatic connections together with' automatic device for removing the can after the filling operation.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming therewith the appli cation for Letters Patent: Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe canning machine showing the supporting frame and driving connections. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4--4 of Fig. 1, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the knife in `its inoperative position. Fig. Gis a view showing the knife juist after the severing of a section of theicompressed material. Fig. 7 is a detail elevation of the in-v termittent movement conveyed to the can receiving wheel and the other intermittently operated mechanisms. Fig. 8 is a detail section of the adjustable measuring valve. Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8.

More specifically in the ignates a base on which is porting frame Work 11 and the legs'12 of thetable 14, and plurality of bearing blocks ends of the plurality of vertically disposed shafts connected to the machine.

Specication of Letters Patent.

- beyond one side of drawings, des secured thesup!y .Patented June 23, 1914.

. Application filed March 15, 1913. Serial No. 754.561.

The main shaft 15 isV provided with .a driving wheel 16 which preferably extends the main frame'. the shaft being extended in the journal block 1T placed near the central line of the machine, where it is provided with the gear wheel 18 which meshes with the gear 19 mounted on the shaft Q() placed parallel with the shaft l5. This shorter shaft is provided with beveled gear 21 which meshes with thc gear 22 connected with the vertical shaft 23, which extends upwardly to the lower face of the table 14 where it is suitably journaled. Mounted directly above the bevel gear 22 is a belt pulley 24 over which is carried the `belt 25 engaging with a belt pulley 2G mountedv on the knife shaft QT, this shaft having suitable bearings in a journal QS secured to the base and projecting through the journal 29 in the table to a point above the table where is securedthe knife 30. Mounted on the shaft. 23 above the belt pulley 24 is the sleeve 32 provided with the arm which carrie's the roller 34 mou'nted on its outer end which engages with the Geneva wheel .3G which is mounted on the vertical shaft 37. rlhis short shaft carries on its upper end the beveled fear 38 which meshes with the beveled gear 39 mounted on the inner end of a horizontally disposed shaft 40 which is carried to the oppositely disposed side of the frame and provided with theJ pulley wheels 41 and 4Q, over which are carried the belts 43 and `l--l respectively. over the belt Wheels 45 and 4G, each one of these pulley wheels being in turn 'secured to shafts 47 and 48 horizontally .disposed and mounted above the shaft l40. Returning to the shaft 23 mounted above-the sleeve is a second sleeve 50 provided. with the arm 51 on a stud projecting vertically from which is the roller 52 which engages with the slots' out in the Geneva Wheel 53 which ismounted on the Vertical shaft 54 which is. provided with suitable thrust bearings secured to the base, its upper end bcinpr carried through a journal 55 in the table 14, Vand on its upper end above the table is secured the perforated wheel 56 which revolves intermittently immediately under the knife 30, Also securedv to the shaft 54 above the Geneva Wheel 53, is a gear 57, which meshes With gear 58 mounted on the shaft G0J which is vertically disposed in relation to the machine, and is suitably journaled in the table 14, above which table keyed the serrated wheel 01, which receives and de livers the cans according to the intermittent movement rejiven the shalt by the Geneva movement 53.

Adjacent the drive pulley 1G on the shaft 15 is mounted the beltwheel 02, over which is carried the belt (33 to the belt pulley 04 mounted on the shaft 65 which is horizontally disposed just below the table in suitable journals and is provided with the pulley wheels (3G and 07 on its outer ends, which are connected by suitable belts to the pulleys 0S and 09 respectively, which are mounted on the outer ends of individual short shafts 70 aud 71 which are carried horizontally through the delivering spouts 73 and 74 of the'contaiuers 75 and 70 mounted over the table. Inside of the spo-ut 73 is mounted the conical valve 77 which is connected to the shaft 70, suitable bearings in the spout being provided which transversely cross the path of the material to be delivered through the spout, the valve 77' being providcdwith l a recess 78 which forms a measuring,1V chamber in the operation of the apparatus. A cylindrical valve. is shown as mounted in the spout 74, which is also provided with the measuring recess 78.r the type of material to be lmeasured in these containers regulating to an extent the preferred type of revolving valve usedA rl`he table 14 over which these containers 75 and 70 are mounted, is

rovided with a can receiving chute S0 and a delivery chute S1, a finger mounted on the shaft 63 kicking' the can 'trom its engagement with the serrated wheel G1. to the chute 81. 'Returning to the sha'lft 48, horizontally disposed above the table 15 provided with journals in the main frame 11, is pro-vided with beveled gears 83 and S-L which in turn meshes with gears 8., and S0 mounted on lthe lower ends of the vertically disposed shafts 87 and S8, these shaftshaving the band wheels 89 and 90 respectively, over 'which are carried the belts 91 and 92 which connect with similar band pulleys 93 and`94 mounted on the. vertically disposed shafts 95 and 9G, in the same vertical plane as the shafts 87 and 88, these belts beingcarried. in a vertical plane by the movement of their connections to the main drive shaft, their inner adjoining faces being brought parallel to form the vertical walls of a trough formed by these two belts, and a belt 97 with which they engage and which forms a bottom for the trough. rThis belt 97 is carried over a pulley 98 mounted on the shaft 48 intermediate of the beveled gears, the'opposi/tely disposed end ofthe endless belt being carried over a pulley 99 mounted in the horizonally disposed shaft/ 100. The

' shafts 100, 95 and 9G are each mounted in journal blocks which are slidably mounted in suitable guideways and provided with ad- ]usting screws 101, 102, and 103, by which the tension on the belts 91, 92 and 97 may be respectively adjusted. `The trough formed by these three moving belts progresses vin a direction toward the front of the inachine, or toward the shaft 48 and opposite the vertical plane carried through the shaft 48 and in line with the axial plane of the shafts S7 and 8B, the sharp knife edges lof the curved sides of the chute 104 engage with the two vertical' surfaces ofthe belts 92 and 91. The innerwall of the chute bev ginning at its tangential or vertically `dis,- posed portion 105, engages the belt 97st the point 100, or in a plane horizontally, carried through the shaft 4S, the front outer wall 107 of the chute being-carried from its vertical parallel portion to the Wall parallel up over the belt 97 in an are struck from the axis 48 to a suitable point shown as verticallydisposed over the axis. This chute is preferably narrower from front to rear than from side to side, and its rectanguiar portion terminates at its engagement with the peripheral iianges of the compressing rolls 108 and 109. Below this point the material is compressed into cylindrical form by the annular grooves cut in the periphery of the compressing rolls intermediate of K their flanges, the .sidewalls of the chute` extending down beyond the axis supporting. these .compressing rolls, roll 109 being mounted upon the shaft 47 driven intermitl,

tently by the belt 4?), this shaft being. `:reared by suitable direct lgears 111 to gear mounted on the shaft 112 on which the wheel 10S is lieyed. l

The ,material receiving wheel 56 is provided with a plurality `ot cylindrical ,bores vertieall)Y disposed. therein, which are of slightly larger diameter than the material as it is compressed by the compressing roll,

is intermittently actuated under the delivering portion of` the chute 114, where the knives 'sever the material, as soon as the required amount yis obtained orl the bore filled. The wheel is now revolved until the material is under the pliinger 115 mounted on the wrtically` disposed 'plunger rod 116 which is surrounded by spring' V117 to normally lift the plunger-out of the path of the wheel 56. y To properly depress this plunger against the`action of the spring, an ari'n 118 engages with the tree` endr o the rod, this arm forming one arm of the bell crank lever pivoted on Athe pin-119 ,the

lowenarm 120 projecting into the path of a cam 121-;'mounted on the shaft 122 which is driven by means of the gear wheel 123 inesh-l s ing with the gear wheel 124; secured on the shaft 65.

vThe operation v*of tliedmaehine'will vhe i readily understood from thefdrawings and I l the description, potrei* beingsprovided to` drive the main shaft 15, the beltsl 91, 92,

and 97 are intermittently adjanced, the may vist;

terial' to'be canned being placed by hand orsuitable'hoppers not shown, in thetrough, fthe-belts being preferably of considerably greater length than shown diagrammatically vinthe drawings, so that-the ITweight of the contained material will form'sulficient fric'- 'tion with .the walls, which may be'supported vby suitable guide rollers not shown, to carry thematerial. down the chute 104 where 1o` it meets'the compressing rollers which arelsointermittently moved coincidently with the movement of the belts. A section of the vcompressed material is projected into one of the .bores in the horizontally disposed l-whe'el- 56v when theknife blade 4which is continuously revolved and is provided ywith the cutting edge 125 cuts off: the required amount,'the knife beingA cut away so that the intermittent-. movement of the wheel 56 will permit its'nextl succeeding boreregistering with the notch'l26; From this point the4 wheel 56 is revolved in the direction indicated bythe'arrOWs to a point under the plunger 115, themovement being so 25 tlmed that a can 'received past thevspout 74, dried condiments when the further revolution-*ofthe cam wheel 61 moves the' can to atpoint vopposite the chute 81 where 40 itiskickedout by the'finger 82 intothe` chute to be carried by any suitable means,

4not shown, to the lcan covering operation. This canning .machineis especially adaptledn for canning fish, andthe traveling trough may be formed of belts of Vsheet metal or webbing, or the chute may be formed with sectional side walls and acontinuous flexible bottom which will be engaged by the delivery chute 104 in the same manner withoutf departing from the spirit of the invention. l Whatlfclaim is:

1. A canning machine, comprising a frame, a movable trough mounted thereon', a chute engagingwithsaid trough, a plurality of cooperating compressing rolls mounted in' registration with said chute and :means to receive compressed materialfrom said rolls. 2. A canning machine, comprising a frame, a trough mounted thereon formed of moving members, a curved chutey engaging with the sides and bottom of said trough, compressing rolls registering/with said chute, lmeans to sever the material below said rolls,

35 andmeans y to receive the "severedmateriaL `rolls coincidently with from the chute' 80r is carried by th'eserrationjs in the wheel 61 'bores in the 'wheel 3. A-canning machine, comprising a frame, a trough mounted thereon formed of moving members, a curved chute engaging with the sides and botto-m of said trough, compressing rolls adjacent said chute and arranged to receive material therefrom, means to move the members forming said trough, a knife, means to move said knife coperatively with said trougl'nand means to contain the material severed by said knife.

4. Acanningmachine, coml'irising a frame, a trough mounted thereonhavingtraveling sides and bottom, a curved chute engaging with the traveling vsides and bottom of said trough, compressingtrolls arranged to receive material, ca-rrief'Lin said chute, means to move the traveling sides and bottom of saidl trough, a knife, means to move said said trough, and an apertured receiving wheel j arranged to receive material conveyed through said trough and chute and severed by said knife.

5. A canning machine, comprising a frame, a trough mounted thereon having travelingsides and bottom, a curved chute engaging with the sides and bottom of said trough, compressing rolls in the `path of travel of material carried by said chute, means to move the traveling sides and bottom of said trough, a knife` means to move said knife. co-iiicidently with said troiigh, a receiving wheel adapted to receive material cut by said knife, means to revolve said wheell coperatively, and means to remove said material' from sd wheel to cans arranged to register therewith.

(i. A canning machine, comprising `a frame a movable troughn'lounted thereon.

a chute having edges engaging withthe sides andl bottom of said trough, compressing rolls in the path of said chute, means to move said trough, a knife. means to ,move said knife coincidently with said trough. a receiving wheel adapted to receive material cut by said knife, means to revolve. said wheel cooperatively, vn'ieansfto.remove said materiaL-and mechanism tofplace la canin the path of said removing means.

'canning machine, comprising a frame, a movable trough mounted thereon, a curved chute engaging with the sides and bottom of said trough, a knife, means to move said knifeV coincidently with said trough, a receiving wheel adapted to receive material cut by said knife, means to revolve said wheel coperatively, a plunger operating coperativelvwith said Vreceiving wheel, a can moving wheel operating coincidently with said receiving wheel, and means to operate said plunger, whereby material is forced from said wheel to a/can placed in the path of said plunger.

8. A cannin machine, comprising a frame, a movab e trough mounted thereon, a

curved chute engaging with the sides and let Ibottom of said trough, a knife, means to move said knife coincidently with said trough, a receiving wheeladapted to receive material cut by said knife, means to revolve said wheel cooperatively, a plunger operating cooperatively with said receiving wheel, a can moving wheel operating coincidently with said receiving wheel, means to operate said plunger, and means connected to said plunger operating means to kick the filled cans from engagement with said moving can wheel.

9. A canning machine,. comprising a frame, a movable trough mounted thereon, a curved chute engagin with the sides and bottom 'of-said trougigi, a knife, means to move said knifeF coincidently with said trough, a receiving wheel adapted to receive material cut by said knife, means to revolve said wheel cooperatively, a plunger operat-` ing cooperatively with said receiving wheel, a can moving wheel operating coincidently with said receiving wheel, means to operate said plunger, a plurality of containers placed in the path of cans carried by said can moving wheel, and means operated by said plunger operating means to deliver material to said cans.

10. A canning machine, comprising a frame, a movable trough mounted thereon, a curved chute engaging with the sides and bottom of said trough, 'a knife, means to more said knife coincidently with said trough, a receiving wheel adapted to receive material cut by said knife, means to revolve said wheel cooperatively, a plunger operating coperatively with said receiving.' wheel, a can moving wheel operatlng coin-`v eidently with said receiving wheel, means to operate said plunger, a plurality of containers placed in the path of cans carried by said can moving wheel, revolving valves mounted in said containers provided with measuring recesses, means to revolve said valves in coincidence with said can wheel.

11. A canning machine, comprising a frame, a delivery trough mounted thereon in a substantially horizontal position, a vertical chute having a curved portion adapted to engage with thesides and bottom of said trough, a pair of cooperating pressure rolls revolubly mounted in said chute below said curved portion and adapted to convert material passing through saidv chute Vfrom a rectangular cross section to a circular cross section, a severing knife mounted below said chute, a wheel having a plurality of cylindrical openings therein adapted'to reg ister below said rolls and receive material pa ssedvtherethrough` a plunger means mounted adjacent said receiving wheel and adapted to remove the material therefrom, and a wheel arranged to pass empty cans into the path of travel of said plunger, and means to operate said rolls, knife, receiving wheel and can wheel cooperatively.

12. A canning machine, comprising a frame, a trough horizontally7 mounted thereon formed of endless belts to provide a bottom and sides therefor, a vertically disposed chute having a curved upper portion with sharpened edges toengage the bottom and` sides of said trough formed by the moving belts, aA pair of cooperating pressure rolls revolubly mounted in said chute below said curved portion and adapted to convert material 'passingthrough said jchute from a rectangular cross section toga circular cross section, "a severing knife mounted below said chute, a. wheel having a plurality of cylindrical openingsvtherein adapted to register below said .rolls and receive material passed therethrough, a plunger means mounted adjacentI said receiving wheel and adapted to remove'v the material therefrom, and a wheel arranged to pass empty cans into the path of travel of said plunger, and means to operate said rolls, knife, receiving wheel and can wheel cooperatively.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 4th day of March, 1913.

' CLARENCE L. BENTLEY.

Witnesses:

W. P. KEENE, MARIE BA'rrEY. 

